Node, Express - REST API Performance test With & without Redis cache

#redis #node #express #restapi

As per the official Redis site

"Redis is an open source (BSD licensed), in-memory data structure store, used as a database, cache and message broker".

For more info please go through link Redis

Now we are building sample REST API, testing with and without Redis integration.

CODE BASE GITHUB LINK redisCache_nodejs_express_API

Files/Folder Structure.

We are using Some external data-source(API) for testing purpose.

Snippet


function cacheMid(req,res,next){
    var api = req.path;
    client.get(api, function(err, data){
        if (data != null) {
            console.log("from Cache");
            res.send(JSON.parse(data));
        } else {
            next();
        }
    })
}

function getAPI(req,res){
   axios.get('http://datasource.kapsarc.org/api/datasets/1.0/search/?rows=500')
    .then(function (response) {
        var api = req.path;
        var dataset = response.data;
        client.setex(api, 50, JSON.stringify(dataset));
        console.log("from API");
        res.send(response.data);
    })
    .catch(function (error) {
      console.log(error);
    });
}

// Router
app.get('/getAPI',cacheMid, getAPI);

When we call /getAPI in postman then cacheMid middleware get called and check for mapped key, here it is 'req.path' is the key
if the there is any data with key in redis database then it will return data, otherwise it will got to else block & call the external API, get the json data, then we are setting into redis database.

Performance API TEST

localhost:4000/getAPI

Top comments (3)

Andrey Goncharov • Oct 31 '19

Good idea to benchmark Redis as a cache for NodeJS! However, the results of this one might be a little off. As you can see, the second call returned 304 status, which means you hit a browser cache. That's why size is that small.

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